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Title: Delano Day Post by: John Nevels on February 18, 2010, 02:27:28 pm Some might remember the Run Across Alabama for Elliott (http://www.runacrossalabama.com/) this past summer, raising money for NTSAD, the National Tay Sachs and Allied Diseases Association (http://www.ntsad.org/), where I joined Eric Schotz, Jon Elmore, and Eric Charette for a part of their trek across the state of Alabama. That effort ended up raising over $20,000 for NTSAD. I'm just trying to add a little to the total...
I have wanted to try a 24-hour event for a while, and with the Delano 12 (http://delano12.com/) being a known and relativley convenient venue, doubling seemed to be a feasible idea. Now, as much as I like running stunts for the shear sake of running stunts, I figure that I might as well do someone some good with this eccentric pastime that is ultrarunning, so I thought I'd make my run into a fundraiser benefitting NTSAD, since Eric Schotz and Jon Elmore are the RD's. I'm trying to get people to sponsor me on a per-mile basis for the 24 hours; the farther I go, the more money we can get going toward Tay Sachs research. For example, if someone were to pledge $0.25 per mile, and I go out and run 100 miles, it would end up as a $25 donation. I anticipate running somewhere between 100 and 110 miles (but the farther the better, right...) If anyone has any questions or would like to get involved, feel free to shoot me a private message, and I'll be sure to get you in on the loop. |